How the iPhone Helps Perpetuate Modern-Day Slavery | C. Robert Gibson - 0 views
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Jane M on 14 Jan 16Companies that use slave tainted cobalt: Apple HP Samsung
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, seven million people have died in a civil war that continues to plague the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
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carry a store-bought, battery-powered flashlight, and often die from brutal working conditions that result in suffocation, cave-ins, and death from sheer exhaustion
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DRC to mine columbite and tantalum, which together can form coltan, a necessary ingredient in modern laptops and smartphones.
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forced employees to sign agreements stating that their employer would be exempt from lawsuits brought by family members in the event of their suicide